Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-03


each performances:
Every person or partnership running a grist
mill. worked by steam, forty dollars; if
worked by horse power, twenty dollars every
person running -four mil, or hour and grist
mill driven by steam. eighty dollars;
Every bread or cake bakery carried on by
means of steam machinery one hundred dol
lars; II carried on without steam, forty dol
lars:
Every master builder, mason or mechanic,
and other mechanics not otherwise taxed,
taking contract for work, architects, civil en-
gineers, surveyors, contractors otner than
builders, twenty dollars:
Real estate collectors and agents, and other
collectors and agents, and ticket agents and
scalpers, twenty-five dollars;
Every the keeper or KEEPERS Of an intell-
gence Office, ten dollars for each office;
Every mercantile or commercial agency,
one hundred and fifty dollars;
Every daily newspaper printed by steam.
one hundred dollars: every weekly or other
newspaper, fifty dollars: every daily newspa-
per worked by h and. twenty dive dollars. and
every weekly newspaper worked by hand, ten
dollars.
Every Job printing Office worked by steam,
gas or water motor. fifty dollars; If worked
without steam, gas or water motor, twenty
FIVE dollars.
Every manufacturer of soda water selling
from founts, twenty five dollars; and manu-
featuring and bottling so0a water, fifty dol
lars; selling soda water from founts, ten dol
lars for each fount;
Every public steam laundry, twenty-five
dollars;
Every public laundry run without steam.
ten dollars;
Every bother of beer or ale, fifty dollars:
Every soap boiler and tanner, for each
establishment. ten dollars;
Every barber shop, four dollars for each
chair used;
Every person engaged in the business of
gasflttIng or plumbing. or both, forty dollars;
but every plumber and gashtter shall, on or
before the 18th day OF February, 1887, make
,d lilo NIT fhn ~ hon
in tho sum of $4,000 with good and suft
fcent securities, to be approved by the Mayor,
conditioned to answer over to said corporation
for all damages it may sustain by reason of
the negligence or default OF such plumber or
gasfitter in negligently closing or leaving
open excavations in the public streets;
Every daguerrean artist photographer, am
brotyper and portrait painter, twenty five
dollars;
Every steamboat. vessel or other agency,
fifty dollars; every agency for ocean steam
ships. each line, one hundred dollars:
Ever cotton factory, one hundred dollars;
Each aud every coppersmith or manufact-
urer of stills. fifty dollars;
Every ice factory. one hundred dollars;
Every wholesale dealer In ice, one hundred
dollars; every retail dealer in ice, ten dol
lars;
Each and every museum, twenty five dol
lars;
Every gas company. five hundred dollars;
every electric light company, three hundred
dollars;
Every restaurant or eating house, without
liquor license, twenty five dollars;
Every rice pounding or cleaning mill, with
or without grist mill attached, two hundred
and fifty dollars:
Every fortune teller or astrologer, twenty
five dollars;
Every telegraph company or agency, five
hundred dollars; each and every telephone
company or exchange, six hundred dollars;
each independent telephone of two stations,
two dollars and fifty cents;
Every street railroad company, two hum
dred dollars, and in addition thereto, as part
of The same tax, twenty dollars for each and
every car employed by such company in the
city;
Every keeper of a skating rink. twenty-five
dollars;
Every undertaken or coffin warehouse forty
dollars;
Every person engaged in loading or I'M
loading vessels by horse power, twenty-five
dollars for each hosting apparatus used;
Every express company, three hundred
dollars, and in addition thereto. as part of
same tax, ten dollars for every one-horse bag
gage express wagon. and eighteen dollars for
every two horse baggage express wagon en-
plOyed by such company
Every bill poster or distributor, ten dollars:
Every blacksmith shop, each forge, eight
dollars;
Every owner, proprietor or keeper Of a
bucket shop or place where futures are
sold, five hundred dollars;
Every cooper shop, twenty dollars:
Every carriage repository, one hundred
dollars; every carriage shop for manufectur-
ing or repairing, twenty five dollars;
Every cigar manufacturer or retailer,
twenty dollars;
Every dye house. twenty dollars:
Every millinery establishment, ten dollars
Every gunsmith establishment, ten doliarS
livery foundry, fifty dollars: machine shop,
fifty dollars; every foundry and machine shop,
one hundred dollars;
Every menagerie, fifty dollars per day;
Every marble and stone yard, eighty dol
lars;
Every oyster and fish dealer, forty dollars;
Every shipping master. one hundred dol
lars;
Each and every shooting gallery, one hun
dred dollars;
Every the owner or owners OF every green
grocery, one hundred dollars;
Every stencil cutter, twenty dollars;
Every tailor not registered as merchant,
ten dollars:
Every wheeiwright twenty dollars:
Every the owner or owners of a marine
railway or dry dock, fifty dollars;
Every dealer paying a tax as n wholesale
dealer snail be permitted to do any business,
herelnbefore taxed. paying a less tax han tax
Tor wholesale dealer, without paying any
other specific tax;
Every person engaged in the business OF
transporting or carrying goods, wares. mer
chandlse, passengers or baggage. for hire, by
means or wagons, drays, trucks, carts,
omni buses, or carriages OF any description,
or OF Ietting carriages or other vehicles for
hire, shall pay a tax according to the number
and character of vehicles employed in such
business, viz: every person employing one
ons-horse cart or wagon, eight dollars; every
person employing one one-hor3e dray or
truck, ten dollars; every person employing
one one morse cab. hack or buggy or vehicle
OF any description, ten dollars; every per-
son employing one two-horse cart and
wagon. dray or truck, eighteen
dollars; every person employing ooe
twO-horse cab, hack, buggy, omnibus, car
riage or vehicle of any description. eighteen
dollars; every person employing enc three
horse dray or truck. twenty-five dollars;
every person employing one four
morse dray or truck. thirty Ave dollars; every
person employing one four-horse omnibus,
forty dollars, and the tax TO be paid by any
person employing more than one vehicle OF
the same or different kinds shall be according
to the number of vehicles employed, at the
rates above specified;
Every keeper of u sale and feed stable,
eighty dollars; but nothing herein contained
shail authorize the Keeper of such sale and feed
stable To sell any live stock Of any other person
without FIRST paying the brokers' or dealeEs'
taW tquired under this ordnance; evesFr
tOf public or livery stable, eighft
couPs every keeper Of feed stable only,
neg dollars; and In addition thereto. as part
tfthe same tax, according TO the number and
enaracter or any vehicles employed IN such
business; either by letting for hire or IN the
transportation OF goods, passengers, or bag
gage, az tue rates above specified for taxes 10
be paid by persons engaged in the business OF
Transporting, ETC., for hire;
Every person emDloyinr or using one or
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